The Queen's Platinum Jubilee is celebrated to mark 70 years of Her Majesty's service to the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Realms and the Commonwealth
Read MoreIn 1716, the winter was cold enough to freeze the Thames, and a so-called ‘Frost Fair’ was held on the ice with hot gin and gingerbread being sold on the frozen river.
Read More“As I walk through the falling snow I often wonder where I’ll go”
Read MoreCyclists gather near The Angel Pub on Giggs Hill Green in 1906.
Read MoreA toast to the little gentleman in black velvet?
Read More'Tis true, no turbots dignify my boards, But gudgeons, flounders, what my Thames affords.
Read MoreThe personal file on the only man prosecuted for selling peerages is still so sensitive that parts of it remain censored 73 years later - so said MI5 as recently as 2006!
Read MoreIn honour of a quite remarkable man called Cesar Picton. He was brought to Britain from Senegal in 1761 aged just 6 years old and yet went on to become a wealthy coal merchant in Kingston before buying a house and settling in Thames Ditton. A great drink in memory of a great man.
Read MoreThere is never enough horsepower....just not enough traction.
Read MoreA focal point for entertaining famous politicians, writers, men of taste and Irish patriots in the late 18th and early 19th century, inspiring this wonderful gin based cocktail.
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